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For most of his life Eric Craven has kept a very low profile, concentrating on his teaching career and quietly developing his 'non-prescriptive' composing method, a sort of aleatory style but which...

Craven / Mary Dullea Pno Sons 7 8 & 9 CD1. I 2. II 3. III 4. IV 5. V 6. I 7. II 8. III 9. Piano Sonata #8

Dan Dediu (b. 1967) is a Romanian composer whose genius and imagination remain to be fully acknowledged outside his homeland. As violinist Muresanu says, "Dan Dediu is a musical wizard who conjures...

Greek composer-pianist Panayiotis Demopoulos is a man who plays many parts: an established composer and pianist in the contemporary classical genre, with highly-praised recordings, he is also,...

Both enjoying successful and acclaimed international reputations, the two Iranian composers here represent two generations of musicians trained in the West. Hormoz Farhat, born in 1928, was the first...

One American composer, Morton Feldman, somewhat notorious for his sometimes epic works, and one British, uncompromisingly individual and a leader in the field of "non-traditional" sounds; the two...

Widely regarded as one of the foremost composers of the modern age, Brian Ferneyhough has won the 2007 Ernst von Siemens Prize for Music. This prestigious award is made to a composer, performer, or...

Award winning, highly respected and totaly uncompromising - Brian Ferneyhough is fearless in his quest for new musical structures and boundaries. The works on this CD, all recorded here for the first...

Brian Ferneyhough is well established as one of the leading figures in the avant-garde 'new complexity' school. His works, fiercely complex and requiring virtuoso performers, are nevertheless among...

American composer Joshua Fineberg has long been a leading light in the younger generation of composers of spectral music, following the Messiaen-Murail school; more recently he has turned to a...

Clare Lesser is a specialist in new vocal music and 'is blessed with a gorgeous voice and terrific technique' (Musical Pointers). Her previous releases have garnered great praise for her ability to...

Michael Finnissy is one of the acknowledged geniuses in the field of new music, with a style which can be exceptionally adventurous (and difficult) but almost always retains a tonal core which...